From the Rolls-Royce experimental archive: a quarter of a million communications from Rolls-Royce, 1906 to 1960's. Documents from the Sir Henry Royce Memorial Foundation (SHRMF).
The 8-point construction of a Meuson engine cylinder.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 173\2\ img167 | |
| Date | 21th February 1934 | |
| Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} SGNORRGE BY LR{Mr Ellor} F / Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} LP{Mr Lappin} 21/2/34 Went round wright field today & managed to get a look at the Meuson engine. I enclose a bad sketch. Briefly the cylinder construction is as follows 1. Penthouse roof type cylinder head with four valves, an aluminium casting with inserted valve seats. 2. A single over head camshaft 3. Cylinder head deep casting, as on the Conqueror only more so, the liner shrunk into it - shrunk fit - (confirmed by questioning) 4. Two plugs direct in aluminium above the liner 5. Solid aluminium washer between the cyl head & water jacket casting 6. "Wet" jacket - a liner in the water jacket which is alum casting 7. What appeared to be a screwed type gland at the bottom 8. Block held down by studs, "setting" on the face of the bottom gland nut as shown | ||